Abglanz is a German word used to describe a ‘pale reflection’ or a ‘distant echo’. The project investigates the value and accessibility of personal visual information online. Fragments of images taken from social media platforms are reconstructed into a new scenario. Thereby, the original meaning of the images is put into another context. I collected the most recent images, looking for repeating patterns in bodily gestures and choice of the surrounding. The collection resulted in a visual encyclopaedia arranged by a commonality in depiction. Single fragments of the original images were multiplied and newly composed in hundreds of layers. With a shift in cut and scale, I want to question what is identifiable and alike a puzzle it allows for a constant reinterpretation about the source of the picture. The work becomes an allegory of display, questioning how we are reflected and recognized behind the screen. It is presented in a panoramic view in order to guide the attention through the collection at large.
